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Mobile devices push learning beyond the classroom walls and the confines of textbooks, Knezek said. They let students pursue academic interests wherever and whenever they want.

We need to make sure kids can read and write, but we know there is so much more they need to know,” Knezek said.

l servicio de mensajería instantánea que incluyen los teléfonos celulares, permite que estudiantes y profesores puedan establecer una comunicación síncrona y asíncrona, ya sea, para consultar dudas de un trabajo, solicitar datos o resultados de una tarea e incluso, enviar avisos entre el grupo de manera directa o bien, a través de un servidor.

Herramientas de comunicación

Acceso a materiales y conferencias

La posibilidad de leer, escuchar y visualizar un artículo, una clase, una conferencia e incluso, un evento académico en el momento en que uno lo desee, es una realidad que cada día se vuelve más común

Sistemas de adquisición de datos

Juegos educativos

estrategia para apoyar los procesos de aprendizaje.

Students work in groups, and when they have a question, they call him over. He arrives with iPad in hand and records his voice and his writing on the iPad, which he immediately uploads to the class website so other students can benefit from the explanations instantaneously.

he incorporates peer-instruction and inquiry-based learning,

“I’m using it in the context of peer instruction, which is research based. You get anonymous feedback, which is great, and kids see all that information condensed,” he says. “Sometimes it’s just cute and fun and that wears off. But much more often, it’s more efficient and meaningful, and it makes the classroom feel like a bigger place.”

Using Socrative, an app that shows real-time poll results for both multiple-choice and short-answer quizzes, he challenges his students at the end of class to answer specific questions in order to get a broad look at whether they understood the concepts discussed that day.

idea of mobile learning touches on just about every subject that any technology addresses: social media, digital citizenship, content-knowledge versus skill-building, Internet filtering and safety laws, teaching techniques, bring-your-own-device policies, school budgets.

makes the experience more immediate. I want it to be as rich and as visual as possible. I want them to see things, not just know it.”

The data integration wouldn’t be as rich, the experience wouldn’t be as dynamic, the cognitive load is higher,”

It’s our responsibility as educators to teach kids how to interact with the world,” Sanders says. “Those interpersonal human conversations are incredibly valuable.”

As soon as kids walk in, Musallam sends out a text blast through Remind101, asking them a challenge question that’s related to the day’s lesson.

The idea of mobile learning touches on just about every subject that any technology addresses: social media, digital citizenship, content-knowledge versus skill-building, internet filtering and safety laws, teaching techniques, bring-your-own-device policies, school budgets.

The key ingredient in effective lessons isn't alignment, it's pizzazz: excitement, engagement, challenge.

Stimulating video content can add to excitement and understanding. Hands-on experimentation helps a lot when appropriate, as does competition between teams or against the clock.

Classroom management strategies matter, of course, but pizzazz matters more. Motivated, engaged, challenged, and successful students are well-behaved, not because they've been threatened but because they are too busy engaged in learning to misbehave.